My dear friend Miriah was introduced to me by a mutual dear friend of ours.  Miriah and I were only acquaintances for the first few years after we met and barely crossed paths a few times.  But, as in any good story, there is Divine Timing in the magic of a deep and true relationship.  … Continue reading The Women In My Life #16 Miriah Stuart

Have you ever met someone and just had the feeling you know them from somewhere?  That’s what it was like for me when I met Julie Fox.  I first met her when I was still hot and heavy in the mortgage industry almost 20 years ago.  I was out scouting for new mortgage brokers and … Continue reading The Women In My Life #15, Julie Cartwright

My sister Audra does this thing where she just manifests what she wants.  From as far back as I can remember she’s been winning concert tickets and money off radio shows like it was picking apples off a tree.  I would ask, “How did you get that?” Her reply was always some crazy story about … Continue reading The Women In My Life #14, Audra Mortenson

I met my yogi sisters on a Friday night up at the University of Utah in a gymnasium with only our yoga mats.  I had just spent the previous night in the trauma ward of the hospital for a mysterious blockage in my throat which still baffles the doctors and myself, to this day.  I … Continue reading The Women In My Life #13, My Yogi Sisters

Annie Foley was Trent’s partner on his first adventure on Naked and Afraid in Belize.  Of course I didn’t know who his partner would be when he left but I told Trent to take good care of his partner.  If she was cold, he needed to snuggle with her to keep her warm and whatever … Continue reading The Women In My Life #12, Annie Foley

A couple years ago I came back from a great weekend at the cabin and opened a Facebook private message that said, “I think I’m your sister.  I think we share the same dad.”   Well, that’s always an interesting message to get!!   June 2019 In celebration of Siblings Day, I’m paying tribute to my newest … Continue reading The Women In My Life #11, Marti Alvera

Jaycee Ruiz.....my hairdresser and so much more! If your hairdresser hasn’t made an impact on your life, you have the wrong hairdresser!  Jaycee Ruiz has been magically transforming my hair, providing me with introspective therapy and teaming up with me to solve the world's problems for about six years and I hope it lasts forever!!! … Continue reading The Women In My Life #10, Jaycee Ruiz my Hairdresser

When I was young, pre Jr. High.  My circle of girls were “mean girls”.  I had to remember every day as I rode the bus to school who we were friends with, who we hated, who had cooties and so on.  I never chose this, the leader of the circle did and it changed constantly…. … Continue reading The Women In My Life #9, It Matters Who You Travel With

Your life is blessed when your neighbor becomes your friend. I have always wanted to have the kind of neighbors you see in the movies that chat with you over the fence and become your great friends.  I am so lucky to finally have this neighbor!  Number eight on my list of the 50 women … Continue reading The Women In My Life, #8, My Neighbor, Heide Kraus

My bonus mom Jan is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside! I just adore her! Sometimes in an ordinary life, you are blessed with EXTRAORDINARY people to walk the road alongside you.  This is definitely the case in my life. This year I am paying tribute to fifty women who … Continue reading The Women In My Life #7, My Bonus Mom, Janet Combe